Intel Core i5-13450HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Core i5-13450HX vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is faster than the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. The Core i5-13450HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-13450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.